Susie Q

Many years ago – it may be as much as a decade – I won a fat quarter bundle at the Utah Shop Hop. It was a collection of near-solid prints in every color of the rainbow called Elements by Mark Lipinski for Northcott fabrics.  These prints were designed as “blenders,” to be individually pressed into service in quilts where they’d simply blend in unnoticed. For a while, I thought that’s what I’d do with them. Once or twice I almost cut into the bundle while I was planning a state fair challenge quilt. But the more I looked at the prints, the more I became convinced they belonged in a single quilt where their jewel-like colors could shine. They’re finally about to fulfill their calling. This will be a sampler quilt (of course), a modern twist on some very old traditional blocks. I’ve just a handful of blocks and a border or two to go. I can hardly wait to show you!